Chapter Summaries

Shi Kang endured the Old Ancestor’s pressure test and earned permission to refine the Saint Origin Spiritual Land. With the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame due to emerge in a little over two years, he began refining the spiritual treasure under the Old Ancestor’s instructions to use its vibrations to temper his body.

• The Old Ancestor tested Shi Kang’s unprotected defense with crushing pressure, then praised his strength and temperament.
• Shi Kang asked whether he was qualified to refine the Saint Origin Spiritual Land, and the Old Ancestor judged him barely ready.
• The Old Ancestor passed the Saint Origin Spiritual Land to Shi Kang, whose body was battered by its powerful vibrations.
• Shi Kang asked for a shortcut to refine it before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, but the Old Ancestor told him to refine it slowly and temper his body.
• Shi Kang learned that he needed to extract the spiritual land’s origin, then swallowed it into his body to refine it, beginning by reaching into its glowing sphere.

Shi Kang began refining the Saint Origin Spiritual Land and used the wood-element energy from the Azure Spirit Regeneration Vine to restrain it. As the clans prepared to compete for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion earlier than expected.

• Shi Kang swallowed the Saint Origin Spiritual Land and endured its violent vibrations as he tried to refine it.
• Shi Kang used wood-element energy to drive back and surround the Saint Origin Spiritual Land, allowing him to begin refining it.
• The Stone Clan distributed Bodhi Pills, and Qing Lin used one to break through to the Half-Saint realm after two and a half months of seclusion.
• Cao Ying advanced her pill-refining skill while other Stone Clan members and rival clans trained for the coming contest over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Gu Xun'er began refining the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Huo Xuan began refining the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion years ahead of schedule.

Nihility Devouring Flame woke Hun Tiandi from seclusion to propose attacking the Yao Clan for the souls he needed to reach Emperor Realm Soul. Hun Tiandi agreed, then learned that while the Spirit Clan had been destroyed, the Stone Clan remained, leaving him uneasy.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sought Hun Tiandi's help to destroy the Yao Clan during the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's emergence and gather enough Soul Origin for his breakthrough.
• Hun Tiandi recalled that he and Nihility Devouring Flame had joined forces to strengthen the Soul Clan and pursue the inheritance in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, while each remained wary of the other.
• Nihility Devouring Flame explained that he wanted the Yao Clan's million souls because refining the Soul Origin from the Spirit Clan and Heaven Hall had left him just short of Emperor Realm Soul.
• Hun Tiandi approved the plan to attack the Yao Clan, then asked whether the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan had been destroyed.
• Nihility Devouring Flame admitted that the Spirit Clan had fallen but the Stone Clan had not, and Hun Tiandi sensed that something was wrong.

Hun Tiandi learned that the Stone Clan had allied with other clans and formed a marriage alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while a mysterious force destroyed most of the Soul Clan’s Spirit Devouring Absolute Life Arrays in Central Continent. With the Emperor Slaying Array unable to activate, he rejected the plan to destroy the Yao Clan and decided to rebuild the arrays more secretly.

• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that the Stone Clan had exposed the Soul Clan’s spy, allied with five clans, and married its Young Clan Leader to Zhu Kun’s daughter, the Dragon Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi doubted Zhu Kun’s existence but decided the Soul Clan would need to prepare for the possibility that the Late Nine-star Dou Saint was real; Nihility Devouring Flame confirmed that Hun Yuantian had forged the Gate of Deathly Stillness.
• Hun Miesheng learned that a mysterious force had destroyed the Soul Hall in Central Continent and feared that the Spirit Devouring Absolute Life Arrays had been discovered.
• After confirming that most of the arrays had been destroyed, Hun Tiandi nearly killed Hun Miesheng and rejected Nihility Devouring Flame’s plan to destroy the Yao Clan.
• Hun Tiandi resolved to rebuild the Spirit Devouring Absolute Life Arrays more carefully and postpone the operation against the Yao Clan.

Shi Kang refined the Saint Origin Spiritual Land and advanced from Three-star to Six-star Dou Saint. The Old Ancestor warned him to temper his strength through combat and protect the Stone Clan, while his own remaining life began to fade.

• Shi Kang spent a year and a half refining the Saint Origin Spiritual Land, advancing from Early Three-star to Peak Five-star Dou Saint.
• Shi Kang consumed the land’s final energy, broke through his bottleneck, and reached Six-star Dou Saint.
• The Old Ancestor advised Shi Kang to strengthen his foundation through combat and warned him not to act recklessly against stronger enemies.
• Shi Kang thanked the Old Ancestor and vowed to reach Dou Di and restore the Stone Clan’s glory.
• The Old Ancestor explained that his lingering obsession had kept him alive and accepted that his end was near.

Shi Kang received the Old Ancestor’s Dou God Essence Blood and returned to find that he had advanced to early Six-star Dou Saint. After defeating his father in a spar, he prepared to hide his strength and compete for the Demonic Flame.

• The Old Ancestor gave Shi Kang his essence blood as a final aid to him and the Stone Clan, then vanished.
• Shi Kang escaped the failing space, reunited with Shi Gang, and learned that the Demonic Flame would appear in seven months and that the Soul Clan had made no moves.
• Shi Kang decided to refine the Dou God Essence Blood before the Demonic Flame appeared, saving the Nine Profound Golden Thunder for later.
• Shi Kang and Shi Gang sparred, and Shi Kang’s powerful body and Saint Aspect let him withstand the early Seven-star Dou Saint’s attacks and win.
• Shi Gang considered handing Shi Kang the Clan Leader position, but Shi Kang refused and asked his father to keep his Six-star Dou Saint breakthrough secret so he could compete for the Demonic Flame in disguise.

Shi Kang rushed to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after Yao Ming reported strange disturbances and witnessed Medusa emerge from seclusion as a Nine-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python. Medusa reached early Five-star Dou Saint, but was shocked to learn Shi Kang had advanced to Six-star Dou Saint, and the two exchanged teasing remarks.

• Shi Kang sensed Yao Ming's jade slip flashing and left the Stone Realm for the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan.
• Yao Ming told Shi Kang that nine-colored light had been rising from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where powerful disturbances had begun.
• Shi Kang witnessed the Nine Nether Yellow Springs erupt in brilliant light as Medusa emerged from seclusion.
• Medusa revealed an early Five-star Dou Saint aura, while Shi Kang showed her that he had reached Six-star Dou Saint.
• Medusa expressed surprise at Shi Kang's strength, and he teased her about trying to surpass him.

Shi Kang urged Medusa to refine the Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python Remnant Souls so she could grow stronger and help protect the Stone Clan. After five months in seclusion, he refined Dou God Essence Blood and evolved his bloodline into a Divine Grade Bloodline.

• Shi Kang learned that Medusa had found the Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python inheritance beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and wanted to use its Remnant Souls to restore the Snake People Clan's bloodline.
• Shi Kang persuaded Medusa that breaking through to the Dou God realm would strengthen the Snake People Clan more than implanting the Remnant Souls, and promised to help her reach that realm.
• Medusa agreed to refine the Remnant Souls to advance her cultivation, while Shi Kang planned to refine the Dou God Essence Blood.
• Shi Kang and Medusa entered seclusion to refine their respective inheritances.
• Five months later, Shi Kang completed refining the Dou God Essence Blood, evolving his ninth-grade Dou God Bloodline into a Divine Grade Bloodline.

After advancing to Mid Six-star Dou Saint, Shi Kang strengthened the Stone Clan’s defenses and refined Soul Origin to improve his soul. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emergence arrived, he activated the complete Gu Tu and received its mark.

• Shi Kang emerged from seclusion after the Dou God Essence Blood raised him to Mid Six-star Dou Saint, while Qing Lin continued cultivating toward becoming a Dou Saint.
• Shi Kang finished refining three Three-star Dou Saint Dragon King Puppets and gave them to his Father to guard the Stone Realm.
• Shi Kang purified Soul Hall’s Soul Origin with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and refined half of it, advancing further within the late Heaven Realm.
• On the day the Demonic Flame emerged, Shi Kang assembled the four Demonic Flame Fragment Maps and used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to reveal the Gu Tu’s inscription.
• Shi Kang pressed his palm against the glowing Gu Tu, and the mark of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame flew into his body.

Shi Kang prepared to seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, concealed his true strength, and traveled to its emergence site. There he spotted the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and decided to target him once they entered the Demon Fire Space.

• Shi Kang used the ancient map left by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to prepare to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• As the rare celestial phenomenon began, Shi Kang told Shi Gang he would travel alone, and Shi Gang agreed while promising to guard the Stone Realm against the Soul Clan.
• Shi Kang concealed his Mid Six-star Dou Saint strength as an Early Four-star Dou Saint and reached the flame's emergence site before the other factions arrived.
• The Dou God Clans and other factions gathered at the site, while the Soul Clan sent no one.
• Shi Kang recognized the disguised Pill Tower Old Ancestor as an early Six-star Dou Saint and a top-grade Ninth-rank Profound Pill, then resolved to wait until they entered the Demon Fire Space before making a move.

Gu Xun'er attacked Shi Kang over his killing of Xiao Yan, but Shi Kang easily stopped and slapped her before denying that he had killed Xiao Yan for the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade. The accusation drew the other clans’ attention to the jade, and Shi Kang left them with his claim that it remained safe in the Gu Clan’s hands.

• Gu Xun'er charged at Shi Kang with her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Shi Kang shattered her attack and slapped her back.
• Gu Nan Hai restrained Gu Xun'er and warned her that she was no match for Shi Kang.
• Gu Xun'er accused Shi Kang of killing Xiao Yan, whom Elder Gu Ming had seen him kill on the Northwest Continent.
• Shi Kang dismissed Xiao Yan’s death, while Gu Nan Hai rebuked him for attacking someone from the Xiao Tribe.
• Gu Xun'er claimed Shi Kang killed Xiao Yan to seize the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, drawing the Yan, Lei, and Yao Three Clans’ attention.
• Shi Kang denied taking the jade and said it was still safe in the Gu Clan’s hands.

Shi Kang forced the Gu Clan to back down after Gu Xun’er attacked him, then Gu Nan Hai sealed her dou qi to stop her from pursuing revenge. Gu Qingyang was ordered to take Xun’er back to the clan while Gu Nan Hai stayed behind as the Demon Fire Space opened.

• Shi Kang mocked Gu Xun’er and challenged Gu Nan Hai to answer for her attack, while Gu Nan Hai defended the Gu Clan’s custody of the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade.
• Shi Kang offered to compensate the Xiao Clan with Sixth-Grade Pills for Xiao Yan’s death and demanded that Gu Xun’er’s attack be addressed.
• Gu Nan Hai proposed that both sides let the matter go, and Shi Kang agreed while warning the Gu Clan to restrain Xun’er.
• Gu Xun’er vowed to kill Shi Kang, but Gu Nan Hai decided to send her back to the clan after she refused to abandon her plans for revenge.
• As the Demon Fire Space began to open, Gu Nan Hai sealed Gu Xun’er’s dou qi and ordered Gu Qingyang to take her home while he stayed behind.

After Gu Xun'er was taken away, the onlookers recalled her refusal of a marriage alliance and her determination to resurrect Xiao Yan. Shi Kang focused on the approaching Demon Fire Space, whose entrance finally burst open, while he concealed his Demon Fire Mark.

• Gu Qingyang sealed Gu Xun'er's Dou Qi and took her away as the crowd discussed the fallout between the Gu and Stone Clans.
• The Lei Clan considered whether Lei Dong still had a chance with Gu Xun'er, and the chapter recounted how she rejected a marriage alliance after Xiao Yan's apparent death.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she believed Xiao Yan could be resurrected if she became strong enough, and she refused to forget him.
• Shi Kang dismissed Gu Xun'er's threat and prepared to face the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who was hiding nearby in disguise.
• As the Demon Fire Space entrance widened, Shi Kang concealed his reacting Demon Fire Mark with Soul Power.
• The entrance exploded, releasing milky-white radiance that melted the desert into magma.

Shi Kang entered the Demon Fire Space and resisted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s emotional illusion, then waited with the surviving competitors. After the Pill Tower Old Ancestor arrived, Gu Nan Hai led the group onward through the Flame’s watched domain.

• The Ancient Flame Thunder Medicine Four Clans entered the Demon Fire Space, and Shi Kang followed while noticing the Pill Tower Old Ancestor approaching.
• Inside, Shi Kang saw an illusion of Medusa trying to seduce him, but he recognized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s trap and remained unmoved.
• Shi Kang watched other entrants succumb to the illusions and burn, then joined the survivors as they gathered.
• The Pill Tower First Elder and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor arrived, while Shi Kang sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame observing everyone.
• Gu Nan Hai led the gathered group forward, with the Four-star Dou Saints protecting their clan geniuses.

The clans battled through halls packed with Flame Slaves in the Demon Fire Space until they encountered Blood Axe Xiao Chen, a powerful Four-star Dou Saint controlled by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Shi Kang agreed to join four other Four-star Dou Saints in fighting him, eager to capture Xiao Chen and turn him into a puppet.

• Huo Yao warned Huo Xuan that the Flame Slaves were people refined by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the clans prepared to fight through them.
• Gu Nan Hai led everyone in breaking through successive halls of Flame Slaves, whose strength increased as the group advanced.
• The group reached a hall with no swarms of Flame Slaves and found a gaunt, blood-axe-wielding man whose aura marked him as a Four-star Dou Saint.
• Gu Nan Hai proposed that he, Huo Yao, Yao Wan Gui, Lei Shu, and Shi Kang join forces against the man.
• Shi Kang recognized the man as Blood Axe Xiao Chen and agreed to fight, hoping to refine him into a Stone Clan puppet.
• Xiao Chen moved first as the five Four-star Dou Saints prepared to attack.

Shi Kang delivered the final blow to the controlled Xiao Chen and secretly took his body, then continued with the group to the altar where they found the greatly strengthened Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The group feared the flame’s overwhelming power as it smiled smugly at their reaction.

• Xiao Chen activated the Xiao Clan Tattoo, and Gu Nan Hai recognized him as Blood Axe Xiao Chen, but the five Four-star Dou Saints continued attacking him.
• Shi Kang struck Xiao Chen with Yellow Springs Palm, then rushed into the explosion and collected his shattered body.
• The group continued through the Grand Hall and arrived at a solemn altar with a white-robed man seated on a throne amid Milky White Flames.
• The group recognized the man as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, whose aura seemed as powerful as that of a Six-star Dou Saint.
• Gu Nan Hai said the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had grown far stronger over the past thousand years, and the flame smiled at the group’s fear.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the hall with Milky White Flames, but Shi Kang recognized that the flames were part of an illusion and did not resist. After Yao Wan Gui and Yao Tian discovered that abandoning resistance made the flames harmless, Gu Nan Hai identified the illusion, leaving everyone looking to Shi Kang for a way to break it.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed a storm of Milky White Flames, killing several Dou Zun Experts and forcing the others to defend themselves.
• Shi Kang remained motionless and let the flames pass around him because he knew they were an illusion.
• Yao Wan Gui noticed Shi Kang was unharmed, stopped resisting, and realized that resisting the flames made them attack.
• Yao Wan Gui told Yao Tian to disperse his Dou Qi, and Yao Tian confirmed that the flames could no longer harm him.
• The others stopped resisting, and Gu Nan Hai concluded they were still trapped in the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's illusion.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused Shi Kang of exposing its illusion and vowed to turn everyone into Flame Slaves, while Yao Wan Gui asked Shi Kang how to break it.

Shi Kang broke Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion with the Nightmare Breaking Talisman, drawing its attack and forcing the others to choose between helping him or watching Lin Mo die. Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped everyone in a flaming prison, and the four Four-star Dou Saints finally offered to assist Shi Kang.

• Shi Kang used the Nightmare Breaking Talisman to shatter the illusion and reveal the lava platform where Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame awaited them.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame targeted Shi Kang with a powerful pillar of Milky White Flames, while Gu Nan Hai and the four Four-star Dou Saints held back to see Shi Kang’s hidden strength.
• Shi Kang dodged behind Lin Mo, redirecting the flames toward the Pill Tower’s First Elder in hopes of forcing the Pill Tower Old Ancestor to intervene.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame raised flames from the lava pools and trapped everyone inside a flaming prison, making the four Four-star Dou Saints realize they could no longer stay out of the fight.
• The four Four-star Dou Saints told Shi Kang they would assist him.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten powerful Flame Slaves, pushing the outnumbered Dou Saints toward despair. The Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared as a Six-star Dou Saint, rallied the survivors, and began assigning fighters to confront the Flame and its servants.

• Gu Nan Hai and three other Dou Saints blocked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s pillar of light, but Gu Nan Hai judged the Flame to be at least a Six-star Dou Saint.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned ten Dou Saint-level Flame Slaves, causing the eight allied Dou Saints to despair at their overwhelming disadvantage.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared on an azure ox and used Spatial Shift to reach the group, revealing himself as a Six-star Dou Saint and renewing their hope.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor greeted the First Elder of the Pill Tower as Little Mo and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which threatened to turn everyone into Flame Slaves.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor ordered Gu Nan Hai, Lei Shu, and a third fighter to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the others attacked the Flame Slaves, then looked to Shi Kang as the third fighter.

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor recruited Shi Kang to help fight the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the group initially held their own while others battled the Flame Slaves. The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor confronted Shi Kang about hiding his strength as they prepared to resist it.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor chose Shi Kang to join Gu Nan Hai and Lei Shu in fighting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Shi Kang pretended to hesitate before agreeing.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor assigned himself to attack from the front while Shi Kang, Gu Nan Hai, and Lei Shu sought openings, and he ordered Yao Wan Gui, Huo Yao, and the others to defeat the Flame Slaves.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor and the three allies clashed with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Huo Yao and Yao Wan Gui gained the advantage against the Flame Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame grew furious as Huo Yao killed its Flame Slaves, blasted its opponents back, and summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation.
• Shi Kang suppressed the stirring Demon Fire Mark within him and waited for the opposing sides to weaken one another.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor assigned Shi Kang to help him handle the Heaven Formation and accused him of hiding his strength, drawing everyone's attention to Shi Kang.